1Ankara University, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara, Turkey2Akay Hospital, Neurosurgery Clinic, Ankara, Turkey
DOI :
10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.12940-14.1
Persistent idiopathic facial pain (PIFP) is a rare but challenging type of facial pain. How to manipulate such a problem becomes more
contentious in cases with bilateral complaints. In situations when conventional treatments fail to reduce the pain, some treatment
options like nucleus caudalis dorsal root entry zone (DREZ) lesioning shine as valuable means of managing such intractable
problems. Herein, we report an individual with bilateral PIFP in which the patient suffered from intractable pain and was the first to
undergo bilateral nucleus caudalis DREZ operation for PIFP. The patient was followed up and the procedure resulted in immediate
and complete pain relief.
Keywords :
Facial pain, Persistent pain, DREZ, Nucleus caudalis